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G. BEATTY.

Sheep Shed and Rack. y No. 69,164. Patented Sept. 24, 1867.

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Letters Patent N'. 69,164, (Zatedirgtamber 24, 1867.

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Be it known that I, Gil-:Giulia BEA'FTY, of Chrrollton, in the county ofCarroll, and in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and improvedCombined SheepShed and Rach; andi do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making part oi this specification, in which-Figure l is a partial elevation. 4 Figure 2 an end view, find Figure across-section of iny improved combined sheep-shed and rack,

Figure 4 is a section showing two sheds and racks combined under oneroof, and ai`ording loft-room for storing hay, fodder, roots, andsheep-feed of all kinds.

The nature of my invention consists in so preparing a shelter-shed andfeeding-rack for sheep that it may be cheaply and expeditiously huilt,and be so arranged as to give the animals thorough ventilation withoutexposure to inclement weather, prevent thein from being crowded, andallow theta to be suiiciently fed in a cleanly manner with whatever foodthey may require, without waste, without going among them, and in lesstime than is required by any arrangement new in use.

In the drawings, A A are two posts, ot' arow oi' say one hundred to onehundred and fifty feet in length, placed ten feet (more o1' le l apart,and about seven feet high above the ground. They supporta plate,17 B,extending along their tops, on which the front and upper edge of theroot" will rest, while it slopes bac-l; and downward to another plate,B', fig. 3, running along thc tops of shorter posts A', placed oppositeto and about six feet {inore or less) from tac posts .v A. trench is dugoutsidc'ofA both rows of posts, front and rear, along the entire lengthof the shed, and the earth taken from it will he thrown upon the iioorof the shed, so as te raise it above the adjacent ground and keep italways dry. The bach of the shed should be boarded up so as to leaveopenings at thejoints, for ventilation, between the edges of the boards,whether they are placed vertically or otherwise. One end of the shedwill be closed in a similar manner, and the other will have adoor, as lshown in fig. 2, or be closed with movable rails. The object of giving.so little room in width as six feet is to prevent more than three orfour sheep from being crowded crosswise the shed. The length of the shedwill never permit them to crowd endwise. As the front of the shed openthey do not require for healthful purposes agreatcr height than thatnamed. i l

An extra roof, C, made in lengths to suit 'the distance between theposts A, is hinged to the root` proper, so that it may be let down tocover the front of the shed when desired. It will generally, however, bekept propped up as in fig. 2.

In front of the shed, between every two posts, is a feed-rack, by whichall the sheep in the shed may be fed with any kind of food they mayrequire nearly at the same time. Each rack-there being as many as thereare posts, less ene-is supported on two standards, D, and consist-s oi'a rail, a, and a shelf, I), which slopes slightly down towards the sidenext the shed. Bars c e, far enough apart to admit the head of a sheepbetween them, are placed vertically between'the rail aand the lower edgeof the shelf b. A board,', swinging on joints at its ends in cleatssecured to the standards, forms the bach of the rack a b e, which isintended to receive only long feed, such as hay, fodder, Sie. y Whensuch food is supplied the back-board is let down, as shown in fig. 3,and the proper quantity placed on it and on the shelf b. '.lhcback-boardis then put up again, crowding the food against the bars c,and preventing the animals from pushing it back with their heads. Therack is easily cleaned after the back-boned Z1 is let entirely down.Hooks (Z, pinned to the posts A, hold the rack from being pushed away bytaking hold of pins on the standards D. l

A trough, E, extends along the whole length of thoracic, under the shelfb, and rests on a rock-shaft, having its bearings in cleats on theoutside of the standards. A 1ever, e, at one end of the rock-shaft,gives the means of vibrating the trough, so that it may be inaccessible,as shown in dotted lines, iig. 2, where its inner `edge is closedagainst the under side of the rack, or be open to the sheep, as in iig.3. This trough is intended to hold no food but grain, meal, roots, orother short feed," and is habitually kept in the position shown in Aiig.2, in order to keep the sheep from trainping in it, afnd t0 prevcntitfrom becoming foul. It is only turned tothe sheep when they are to bofed from it, and .not then until every trough has had its properquantity distributed through its length, when they will be turned asrapidly as possible, for the purpose of insuring uniformity in feeding.y

It will be found convenient, where u large number of sheep are to besheltered, to divide the line of shed intotwo lengths, letting them faceeach other, about thirtj;T feet apart, so that there may be room betweenfor :t hay-rickztnd e wagonwny for hauling to and from the sheds andracks.

Under some circumstances sheep-sheds may be constructed as shown in iig.4, where two rows of sheds and racks are combined under one root', withspace between the roofs of .the sheds und the covering roof for thestorage of food for the sheep.

In the spring, when thc sheep are turned out, the racks will' hc turneddown on the iioor of the shed, as in fig. 4, and the extra roof C letdown, so as to cover the front of the shed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf- 'Ihe vibrating feed-troughE, and ruck D a b Z1 c, arranged and operating substantially described,in combination with n sheep-shed, as set forth. i

In testimony that I claim the above-described improvement I havehereunto signed my name this 12th day of August, 1867.-

GEO. BEATTY.

Witnesses:

I. ULMAN, Ponrus BAXTER.

